Continental slope sedimentation in the Sheepbed Formation (Neoproterozoic, Windermere Supergroup), Mackenzie Mountains, N.W.T.

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 848-862

  Dalrymple, R W ^a   Narbonne, G M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CONTOURITE; PALAEOFLOW; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITE;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, MACKENZIE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030480664     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-064     Document Type: Article

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